Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Rick

Any of you Spain experts

any idea on the label.....on cellar tracker it shows a different label for 05 yet mine does say vinas centenarias
the label on mine looks like the regular Cianza??

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David I just picked up a case of 2007 Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du Rhône Villages Terre d'Argile - 2007 Domaine les Grands Bois Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau Cuvée Marc 2007 Château Pesquié Côtes du Ventoux Terrasses the first two are sure big CdRs and cost more than many of the 07 CdR QPRs but ...

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2007 Domaine les Grands Bois Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau Cuvée Marc - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau (8/15/2009) wonderful tasty wine ....openned after two burgundies were bad so I had no time to let sit in decanter t...next time i will try and let this sit open....

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the lobster was great last year
Kathy still says the best she ever had

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Gary
r u thinking the VT is not yet ready ? I almost pulled the 95 VT
In a vertical of Beau and VT 3 yrs ago the only VT that beat the Beau was 95

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I have gone through a number of these - have 2 left and thought it might be interesting to see how they develop in a feww years

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Jim As you know I am scheduled to speak at a conference in Atlanta by one of my Atlanta guys , w/o my knowledge , too late to change the committment so Kathy and I are taking a pass .............but I sure need a vacation have been working 10-12 hr/day for 21 days on an SEC investigation ...damn law...

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2007 Château Pesquié Côtes du Ventoux Terrasses - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Ventoux (8/8/2009) another nice bottle, light bright purple color , good spice, tannins, a bit chewy, easy to drink ...have to wonder if it will get better with a little age...this seems to be in a more modern...

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1995 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (8/8/2009) what a nice wine good CdP noce, lots of spice and dark fruits, still some tannins, decanted and drank over a few hours ...continued to get better. Day 2 one glass left and it was rockin. d...

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1995 Château Prieuré-Lichine - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (8/8/2009) no detailed notes.....a mild bordeaux nose , good color fading a bit at the edges, some spice lots of fruit and tobacco, finish is good..........I too thought RP was low on points here ....this wine drank nice right out of t...

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2005 Sabor Real Toro Viñas Centenarias - Spain, Castilla y León, Toro (8/2/2009) dark purple, Nose - minerial ,dried spice, slight smoke good mouthful of smooth ripe black fruits, spice, very nice balance with long finish, vanilla and smoke throughout...............my lable does not look like the o...

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Alex
I always check cellar tracker now before buying into the marketing hype around some wine
lots of regular guys around the world weighing in - of course most of us are just amatuers

I believe I only had 2 Bon Pateur.....both gone but there is a lot of other options now to try in the cellar

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1998 Château Le Bon Pasteur - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol (8/1/2009) very enjoyable right out of the bottle.......however it did get better with some air, lots of sediment. Nice dark/purple color, nose - pencil,spice, mineral - just knew wine wold be good, Lots of berry , blackberry, smoo...

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i wonder if I got the 99 mixed up with my memory of 98
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Jon
I can pick you up some at Famous
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2007 Château Pesquié Côtes du Ventoux Terrasses - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Ventoux (7/27/2009) i do not think I get RP91 however it is an easy to drink wine that has some fun flavors and complexity to it. For a $10 wine it has complexity Rhone gravel, fruit, spice and tannis, nice co...

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very enjoyable almost broading nose saying there is something special in this glass, monbo smoke, dark crushed berries, I found very well balanced and very nice with a grilled steak. It did not seem to be the monster wine I recall when it first came out - but maybe that is because there are many mor...

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Thanks

I was preparing for some blow out sale or a 20% off day like Sam's just had last weekend
Want my reference points

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I know I read this somewhere buried in another post

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Tom
I agree a 3l will give you time for the right event However i would guess it would drink fine now
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I have now picked up a couple of cases of 07 CdR just so i do not miss having them around for a few years

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last time I had in a couple of years ago at a vertical it was a big hit that night

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1998 Château Bahans Haut-Brion - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (7/18/2009) a very enjpoyable wine, drinks nice right out of the bottle some tannins but very integrated and smooth, a lilltle smoke/cigar, lots of cherry throughout including some sour cherry, medium weight, the finish was m...

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i really enjoyed the preview the technology is pretty cool

Jim - did you ever get your Burgundy Maps .....I hope this map will be frameable

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I did not get this message yet - but I look forward to seeing th ebook in my mailbox

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Jim
looks like I need to keep a look out for the next Binnys sale and pick up a few of these 06 beauties you have been sampling for us like the Lagrange and PC

Thanks for the research
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what a good looking dish

my 1997 Ruffino Chianti Classico Reserva Gold are long gone - A very nice wine as I recall especially the first few years

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2005 Philippe Faury Condrieu - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Condrieu (7/2/2009)
wonderful floral and fruit nose......nose wa bettrer than the taste
pears on the plate but with food it was grapefruit

i wonder if this has past its prime (88 pts.)

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2002 Château Lagrange St. Julien - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (7/2/2009) great nose right out of the bottle, herbs, dark garnet color, decanted and drank over 2 hours on the patio with a neighbor.......herbs, dark fruit, grapefruit at times, a good level of complexity , medium bodied borde...

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Jim

I just rec'd an e-mail today that I have been signed up to speak at a conference in Atlanta on 9-11

so it is looking doubtful for us unless I can get out of doing this

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Rick

I am just LOL as I read your note to Jim and the thousand notes you posted today

You go man!!

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PS
I may need to make a trip to BWI soon ....to visit the same company I did a few years ago....maybe I will win work this time so I can come see you

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Jim you are a genious....i took info off the map verses a generic request or maybe this was not on Amazon when i searched anyhow it sure looks like my maps http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001IIY06I/sr=8-3/qid=1245802698/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1245802698&sr=8-3&sell...

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jal
we were missing the 81 too bad you wer enot with us last Saturday

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I have the two large Bugundy maps to cover all of Burgundy in greta detail I picked them up touring burgundy 10 years ago When in Rhine I saw some similar maps but because they are in large cardbord tubes I decided to wait and pick them up later in my trip and never saw the Rhone maps again I have g...

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Jim and Jon have done a wonderful job on notes......and I had to laugh at Jim's 99 rating for the 86....it was good well very good but a 99? then I remembered Jim had an orgasm when he put the 86 to his nose and yelled beasty beasty!! for those wondering the 83, 86, 88 were decanted at 5p ....i frea...

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Jon yes we all had a good time such a perfect number of people ,9 ,for 14 bottles. I thought Ted said the The Deiss Grasberg was a riesling/Pinot Gris blend? Kathy loved this wine!!! This wine went so well with the cheese here is what Ted said about the 1998 Kracher The Kracher #6 & #12 are Wels...

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and we had 2 of these
Jim do you recall if you liked one better than the other ?

As I recall on the first I made sure I had the server fill yours and mine after he did the first pour for others

what a fun Beastly wine

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Agent How reporting in from Chicago.
We are sipping on a lovely '98 Beaucastel, while being entertained by the lovely Kathy on the piano in a comfortable setting west of town at the Agent julien residence.
Preparing for PLL dinner.
I* hope all BWEers are behaving themselves in my absence.

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Our BD is flying into town to kick off the BWE10 planning Jon N , Paula, Kathy, Rick and Jim He will be greeted with a wine dinner fit for royalty PLL - 83,85,86,88,89,90,91,93 Kracher 98/99s to accompany start with cheese and fruits and a series of fruit compotes(i'll order one firm chesse, one sem...

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1996 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (6/14/2009) a nice wine browning at edges, the nose is pleasant with the Beaucatel barnyar but in a very nice way,lots of sour cheeries and gaminess ....lack the layers and complexity form last night...

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